governor chris christie ordered mass evacuations after declaring a state-wide emergency. danielle lee, live for us in cape may with the latest from there. danielle, conditions getting worse. let's check in with how bad it is right now. >> that's true, alex. all along the hotel i'm staying at, congress hall, all the windows are boarded up. they have done in this morning alone. homeowners are doing the same. the coast behind me, we have seen waves churning this morning and we're keeping an eye on hurricane sandy as it gets closer and closer. we are under a mandatory evacuation order here. guests that had been staying at the hotel last night, had to hurry up, get up, get out before public transportation calls it quits ahead of the storm. many residents are boarding up homes. planning to stick it out through the storm and getting prepared. taking this seriously. i was at a grocery store last night, completely out of bottled water, just gotten a shipment in that morning, and had sold out. same thing with nonperishables and emergency equipment. batteries, flashlights, selling o